They were scheming to outdo one another, to rob weaker contemporaries, to destroy rivals, so that they might for a brief interval swagger. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
An idea is by its very nature weaker and fainter than an impression; but being in every other respect the same, cannot imply any very great mystery. 戴维·休谟.人性论.
But across that long distance these currents for many reasons grew still weaker. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
This accounts for the phenomenon of the weaker of the two usually having a bundle of firewood thrust between its jaws in hot weather. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
The more distant the fountain, the weaker the flow. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.
They have the same employments--the only difference between them is that the one sex is stronger and the other weaker. 柏拉图.理想国.
I want to say them now, before I get weaker. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
Then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
In the same manner, steam engine boilers might be constructed with a small portion comparatively weaker, so that if it gave way there would not be much damage done. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
No, he said, they share alike; the only difference between them is that the males are stronger and the females weaker. 柏拉图.理想国.
It is the weaker party and can hope for success only through strategy. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
They are changed from time to time from weaker into stronger liquor until the tanning process is complete. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
I should in that case hold you, replied the yeoman, a friend to the weaker party. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
Though much might be fancy, he could not doubt, when he looked back, that she was in a weaker state of health than she had been half a year ago. 简·奥斯汀.爱玛.
I lingered thus for about two months, without any visible change in my health or spirits, except that I grew weaker and thinner every day. 哈里特·威尔逊.哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
Mr. Godfrey, tried by circumstances, showed himself of weaker metal than I had thought him to be. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
I feel weaker than formerly. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
T he varieties of man seem to act on each other in the same way as different specimens of animals--the stronger always extirpating the weaker. 李贝.西洋科学史.
She was the weaker then, and Beth tried to comfort and sustain her, with her arms about her and the soothing words she whispered in her ear. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
A weaker man would have sent off a letter to his wife on the instant of his capture. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
Weaker and weaker became the lioness's efforts. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.人猿泰山.
She grew weaker each day, and each day she had further to go. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
The conscience of mankind was weaker and less intelligent then than now. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
I walked no further than the gate of the gardens, and then pretended to be weaker than I was, and asked Joe for his arm. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
My hopes are much weaker. 简·奥斯汀.曼斯菲尔德庄园.
When his mind had been weaker his heart had led him to speak out; but reason having now somewhat recovered itself he sank into taciturnity. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.
Then, I said, no science or art considers or enjoins the interest of the stronger or superior, but only the interest of the subject and weaker? 柏拉图.理想国.
My sight is weaker again tonight, and the glass of this window is not good. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.
The front pair of legs terminate in very strong and heavy pincers, and the last pair are fitted with others weaker and much narrower. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
Weaker than that, I took the withered flowers out and put them for a moment to her lips. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.